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Life in Medellin, Colombia

I stayed in the city of Eternal Spring — Medellin, Colombia from June 18 to July 23rd. There are several blog posts that details what to do, where to stay etc. in Medellin. However, I discuss the digital nomad life in Medellin. This blog goes over:

  • Week Activities: The things to do from Monday to Friday Evenings

  • Areas to go out: Locations in Medellin to go out for party, food, and drinks

  • Salsa Bars and Clubs: The places in Medellin to salsa with the locals. Including some pros!

  • Restaurants, Coffee and Brunch: Restaurants in Medellin

  • Bars with Rooftop Views: These are bars with rooftop views of Medellin

  • Hostels to stay at: Hostels which are popping and places to stay.

  • Things to do: There are plenty of blogs of things to do, so these are things I just did.

  • Coworking: Places to cowork in Medellin, again plenty of posts for this. But places I explored and I liked.

  • WhatsApp Groups: Whatsapp groups for all things Medellin.

  • Other places to visit: These are towns I visited outside of Medellin, which were amazing to see and explore

This isn’t exhaustive, and all of this my opinion, and places I have visited. I have the assumption that you will look into the areas of Medellin Medellin is huge and there is a lot to do, explore the city and join the fun!

Weekly evening Activity

Monday night:

  • Salsa at Selina Cowork at 8PM

  • Bachata at Parque del rio

Tuesday night: Gringo Tuesdays

Wednesday night: Language exchange and then salsa at Masaya Hostel. Also Salsa at Son Havana in Laureles

Thursday night: Nueva Guardia Salsa and Bachata

Friday: Party it out at Provenza

Areas of Medellin to go out

  • Provenza in Pablado: Pablado is one of the “Gringo” regions of Medellin, and provenza is a street and area in Pablado with Bars, Clubs, and upscale resturants

  • Carrera 70 in Laurales: Laurales is the other “Gringo” region of Medellin, and Carrera 70 is a specific street with bars, this is a bit more local than provenza and cheaper. Best place to go during Football games.

Salsa Bars and clubs

The clubs I have listed here are offer a group class as well. Laurales is definitely the region for salsa.

  • Son Havana: There are two son Havana’s one in Pablado and another in Laurales. This is known for Salsa and especially one Laurales. On Wednesday locals come tear up the dance floor. I would definitely give this one a try.

  • Tibiri: An underground Salsa Club. This place is always popping with locals going crazy with Salsa.

  • La Pascosia: I unfortunately didn’t visit this club but has been on my recommendation list

  • El Eslabòn: Same as La Pascosia…

  • Nueva Guardia: I went here on a thursday night, and it was pretty lit.

Restaurants, coffee and brunch

I am not going too deep into these but most of these restaurants are on other blogs, which you can read about :)

  • La Causa (restaurant)

  • Parmasano (restaurant)

  • Cafe Velvet (cafe)

  • cafe pergamino (cafe)

  • hija mia nomada (cafe)

  • hija mia (cafe)

  • Azul Selva (cafe and restaurant)

  • Brutal (restaurant)

  • Carmen (restaurant)

  • Restaurante el cielo (restaurant)

  • The wok (restaurant)

  • Mondongo’s (famous authentic colombian food)

Rooftops views

  • Masaya Hostel: This is an hostel in Pablado which has very nice views. The vibe is a bit quiet except when there is a free dance class by DanceFree on Wednesdays.

  • Envy Rooftop bar: This is a pretty upscale bar with really nice views of the city.

  • Haven: We didn’t visit Haven but I have heard very good things about it.

Hostels

  • Selina Cowork: I stayed at Selina. Since this was one first Nomad trip, I thought the stay in Selina was amazing. However, every single other person I talked to said Medellin Selina was subpar compared to others. I did notice that there were constant issues with water and etc.

  • Masaya Hostel: I didn’t stay here but a friend told me this hostel is for families and etc. A little more quiet compared to others.

  • Viajero: I heard this hostel was popping and amazing place to stay.

Things to do

Again, I won’t go into the details as there are several blog posts on things to do. However, I did want to list the main things to do in Medellin.

  • Paragliding

  • Guatape

  • Comuna 13

  • Parque Arvi and the cable cars

  • Plaza Botero

  • Plaza Minorista Market

  • Atletico Nacional Football game

Cowork

There are lot of coworking spaces in Medellin here are a few that I went to

  • Selina: I worked here and I had an amazing time meeting folks from all over the world. Although I have to say this was a bit expensive for Colombia

  • WeWork: I personally didn’t work here, but my friends who did said it was quiet and people got work done.

  • Open Space: This is a small coworking space run by an artist. Amazing vibes and very friendly. Mainly locals.

If I were to come back again, I won’t use a specific coworking space but would hop around a couple of places.

WhatsApp Groups

These are a list of chat groups in medellin to meet people and travel together!

Other Places to visit in Colombia

These are some places I visited or wanted to visit in Colombia. I might make seperate blog post on them later. But here is a list places in Colombia I would suggest visiting as well!

  • Jardin — coffee farms, like coorg in india, peaceful and serene.

  • Costeno beach: hostels for night party and chill during the day

  • Minca: Coffee and coca farms

  • Quindio: Coffee Farms known for Encanto

  • Santa Marta: Accessibility to Minca and Costeno Beach, Parque Tayrona

  • Cartagena: The city

  • Cali: Salsa Capital of the world